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sheath knife

n.
A knife that has a fixed blade and fits into a sheath.
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sheath knife

n
(Tools) a knife carried in or protected by a sheath
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sheath′ knife`


n.
a knife carried in a sheath.
[1830–40]
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Noun 1. [画像:sheath knife - a knife with a fixed blade that is carried in a sheath]sheath knife - a knife with a fixed blade that is carried in a sheath
knife - edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
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Translations

sheath knife

nFahrtenmesser nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

sheath knife

ncoltello con fodero
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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Presents of bows and arrows,guns and holsters,and knives,particularly sheath knives (Boy Scouts) were prevalent and enjoyed with usual playful escapism.The idea that in real life they would cause actual harm never entered the agenda of users - it was fun.
Nation of politically correct madness CHILDREN with toy guns, I grew up with toy guns and air pistols, sheath knives and pocket knives, every kid I knew had a pocket knife.
All Scouts carried sheath knives and I had a stiletto.
A range of knives were handed over the five-week campaign, including machetes, samurai swords, ornamental knives, antique knives, bayonets, sheath knives, pen knives, kitchen knives and weapons disguised as lighters.
Between May 24 and 30, a total of 100 sheath knives were handed into police throughout the south of the county along with 66 domestic knives and 22 non domestic knives.
Noticing all rural Mexicans carried sheath knives, handguns being either illegal or rarely seen, Powell theorized the best personal defense tool might well be a knife concealing a handgun.
According to one researcher, the majority of civilian edged-weapon assaults occurred in the home and were inflicted with a kitchen knife, whereas a large number of injuries took place on the street with folding or sheath knives. (10) Recently, three British physicians called for a ban on large, pointed kitchen knives after finding that at least one-half of the stabbing cases involved this type of instrument.
Much or the terminology of modern day sheath knives goes back to the Bowie knife of the mid to-late 1800s.
A few drivers carried sheath knives to cut themselves free.

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